Dancing on Breitbart's Grave

Andrew Breitbart has died, suddenly, surprisingly, in his forties. He dropped dead while taking a walk.

In life, he caused much discomfiture on the left, and today, in death, he inspired much venomous glee. Two media Matts, in particular, rushed to get in some digs before the body was cool.

Matt Yglesias, of Slate, tweeted:

Conventions around dead people are ridiculous. The world outlook is slightly improved with @AndrewBrietbart dead.

How very Jacobin of him. In his hurry to gloat, he did misspell the man's name. But spelling is just another convention.

Matt Taibbi, of Rolling Stone, blogged:

Good! Fuck him. I couldn’t be happier that he’s dead.

Taibbi says he's "sure" that Breitbart would have respected this response. Sure.

I suppose they think they're tough,
writing such small minded stuff.